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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
February 26, 2006
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My ILs were just here
visiting our 3 month old son and my 2 1/2 year old DD. "How
nice it will be," I said to her, "to have some help with
the kids." I guess it must have been the wrong thing to say
because she made a distinct effort NOT to help me at all with the
children. OH, I suppose that is not true because she did attempt
to feed my son on several occasions, to no avail. She would start
feeding him, and as soon as she had to do something else, or her
food came to the table, she would put my son and his bottle down
without finishing (no kidding). She must have done this at least
4 times, until I finally decided not to let this woman feed my son.
I would have to finish feeding the poor guy each time. She typically
makes a few attempts to haul my DD off into a separate room to read
to her, or whatever. She feel that she has to separate herself
and my children from us. I call this "division and control",
which is what it is. Anyway, I was actually looking forward to
cooking some homemade meals for my ILs while they were there, but
MIL is so controlling that she had to plan the meals AT MY HOUSE!
This woman lives 1,200 miles away, comes to visit us at my house,
and still plans the meals. This planning included going out every
night so that she could sit on her fanny and be served, but not
have to eat in my home (where she feels she has no control). Imagine
taking 2 small children out to dinner every night! Oh, she called
me yesterday to wish me a happy birthday, which I thought was so
nice. She said, "The mail does not go out on weekends here,
so sorry!" In other words, she was letting me know that she
had not mailed my birthday card out yet because she had more important
things to do. So, I told her, while snickering, that it was ok,
as we don't have mail on weekends here, either. Last year, she
had a birthday party for her ancient mother in another state. My
children and I were NOT invited, but my DH was. Well, if that does
not create division, what does? I thought that it was so nice of
her to leave us out. This year, dear MIL decided that she needs
to woo her children back to her again and have a party for the great
aunt. Of course, she uses her inheritance to pay for all of these
plane tickets - good control mechanism. Suddenly this year everyone
in my home was invited - surprise! I told DH that I was not interested,
and that he should to go by himself. He suggested that he take
my DD, and I told him no. This causes division, too, don't you
think?
Signed - Disgusted, But
Won't Play Her Games!
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DH and I have been together
since the day we met. MIL tolerated me because I was just a GF.
I'm sure she was sure he'd meet a nice girl (of his own religious
background) to settle down with. It's not conjecture on my part,
she asked him why he couldn't meet a nice "X religion"
girl ! Anyway, we got engaged. That's when the fun began. The
night that we got engaged we called her to tell her and she told
me that I was lucky that he would marry me. How sweet!! Plus,
she was super nasty about the whole thing. Then, she insisted that
we come over that Saturday, and she would make a party. Make a
party?? Anyway, I said that I'd come see her the next day to show
her the ring, and we could gossip about the wedding. She scoffed
at me and said, "Forget it. She'd already seen it (where???)
and TRIED IT ON!" DH swears that it wasn't true, but who knows.
She said that she didn't need to see it on MY FINGER! Oh, she is
an animal. Then, that fateful day came and the party consisted
of her 2 spinster DDs, DF and me. Fun. Then I saw that there was
a cake (from a supermarket). But, I was still trying to make the
best of it, so I said, "Thanks, nobody ever buys me a cake!"
She flipped out. "That's not for you! Nothing is yours.
This is all for my son!" Even her DDs, who are not my biggest
fans, were embarrassed and told her to calm down. Then, I went
to sit at the table and she flipped out again. She told me that
I will sit where she tells me, when she tells me. I almost died.
Mind you, I am a professional woman with a career and my own life
(which, by the way, is totally alien to her and her DDs). Normally,
I'm pretty assertive, but I was caught off guard. So, I sat on
the couch, where I was directed to sit, and she started volleying
questions at me. They were nasty, obnoxious, petty questions.
I was starting to get pretty pissed off. Then I mentioned my niece
and nephew, who are hugely important in my life, and how excited
they were to have a new uncle. She said, I don't want them calling
him "uncle". That was it. I got bent out of shape.
I told her that it's none of her business, and that they would call
him whatever we wanted them to. I told her to back off immediately.
She calmed down, but it was super tense. Then, as soon as we got
home she called to make sure that we'd had a good time. I think
she's insane. And, it only gets worse every year!
Signed - Over Them!
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Worst gift: My MIL gave
me board books for my birthday. These are books that you give to
a very young child, where there are only about three to five pages!
We have no children, so it wasn't like it was meant for them. MIL
lives 1000 miles away, so she wasn't there to see my reaction.
Another year, somehow, she accidentally sent my gift to Britain!
The funny thing is that GMIL is always bragging, saying that my
MIL is so organized and is so on top of things.
Signed - MIL Thinks I'm
A British 3 Year Old
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